Curtain-cornice



(No Model.)

' G.. BALDWIN.

CURTAIN OORNIGE.

N0. 251,503. Patented D60. 27,1881. ,y

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UNITED STATES PATENT Danica GEORGE BALDWIR OF BUGKLAND, CONNECTICUT.

, CURTAlN-CORNICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,503, dated December 27, 1881.

Application tiled March 10, 1881. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE BALDWIN, of

' Buckland, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cnrtain-Cornices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a cornice to be applied to the top ofthewindow-frame for holding and concealing the top edge of the curtain.

Figure lis a rear View ofa cornice constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.

A represents the center-piece, and B the end pieces. The center-piece may be made of thin wood, metal, paper, oil-cloth, or other suitable material. In some cases it may be made of pasteboard, covered on its face with a picture or ornamental design, which may be pasted thereon, so that when desired it may be torn off and replaced by another design. The end pieces are made of sheet tin, brass, iron, or other thin metal, and are painted, gilded, japanned, or ornamented in any suitable manner. Each end piece, B, is very slightly wider than the center-piece A, and has its upper and-lower edges turned over, so as to form grooves g, fitting the edges of the center-piece, so as to slide nicely thereon. The end piece extends in the same direction as the centerpiece far enough to allow an amply sufficient amount of play thereto in order to extend or contract the length of the cornice, and near its outer end it is bent at a right angle toward the rear.

The center-piece A is provided on its back with two bars, D E, which extend the entire length ofsaid center-piece and serveto strengthen it. The bar 1) is provided with hooks h for the attachment of the curtain by means of rings at its upper end. The bar E is provided with hooksf, which are forked, so as to fit over the heads of T-shaped nails or screws, extending the desired distance from the windowframe, by which means the cornice is placed and held in position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Paten t-- In cornices, the bar E, arranged across the back of center-piece A, and provided with bifurcated hooksf, as and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE BALDWIN. Witnesses:

OLIN R. Wool), JOSEPH (J. CARTER. 

